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J. BELLERJEAU.

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IMPROVEMENT 1N LANTERNS.

JOHN BELLERJEAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

i Letters Patent No. 60,123, dated December 4, 41866.

SPECIFICATION.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN BELLERJEAN, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming. part of this specification, in which- Figure Irepresents an elevation of my improved lantern partly in section.

Figure 2 represents a vertical section of one wall of my lantern.

Figure 3 is a horizontal s ection of the same taken on the line :I: zr, fig. 2.

Similar lettersof reference indicate like parts. Y

The object of this invention is so to construct a lantern that the globe is wellv secured to the cap and base of the lantern without the useA of cement, so that all the parts may be easily taken apart at will.` i

-To attain this object, I make use of the improved lantern guard, Letters jPatent for which were granted to W. H. Pierce, dated February 18th, 1862. This' guard can be easily removed from the lantern by slipping the i middle band or ring over the ribs, and then taking apart the rest, which consists of two halves. By arranging appropriate stops on the base and cap of the lantern, which fit respectively over the lower and -under'the upper ring of the guard, the 'whole lantern is eiectively held together; the globe fitting loose `between the base and cap. By this `:ery simple arrangement I have constructed a lantern whcn may be easily taken apart for cleaning and other purposes, and which may consequently be niuch easier repaired when any one part is out of order, than could be done with those lanterns heretofore used, which were soldered and cemented together in such a manner that `when one part was broken the whole lantern was destroyed and useless.

A represents the metal base of a lantern. The globe, B, ts into it at the top as shown, being provided with a projecting ange, b, which prevents the globe from falling into the base to a greater depth than required.

A similar flange, b', near the top of the' globe, prevents the metallic cap, C, from dropping toofar over the globe. Thel aforementioned guard, D,`iitsr around the cap and base with rings, d, andd, as seen.` ll'tach of. these rings consists of two .peces,gwhich are fitted into each other asseen at e e. The guard-ribs, d, are

soldered to these rings d, d. A wire ring, f, holds the guard together. By arranging projections on the cap` and base which iit respectively under the ring,d, and over the ring, d, the whole lantern is'rigidly held together. These projections can be made on different plans to suit different constructions of lanterns. One plan, shown on the cap in tig. 1,' consists of a projecting flange, g, arranged around the lower end of `the cap. This ange fits into an appropriate groove in the guard-ring, d. This plan may as well be employed on the 'base or on both the cap and base. 0n the base in iig. l, small knobs or projections, 7L, are p ressed out of the sheet-metal enclosure of the base, which knobs fit over the ring, d, of the guard. This `plan `may also be employed on the cap 6r on both the capand base together. The plan shown in figs. 2 and 3 represents pins, t', screwed, soldered, or riveted into capand base, fitting respectively under and over the rings, d and d; Any other manner of arranging these projections may be used with the saineeiect. p n

4 To take'the lantern apart, the ring, f, is slipped over the top of the lantern; the spring of the ribs, d", allo'wingsuch a removal. The rings d and d', eachof which consists of Vtwo halves, `will then be taken apart, thereby removing the guard altogether. The cap can then easily be removed from the globe and the latter from thebase. i

To put the lantern together again, the same process will be employed in reversed order. Care must'he taken to iit the ring al under, and the ring d over, therespective projections on the lap and base;

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl The two-part guard D D, and confining ring f, when used in combination with projections h, studs or their equivalent, so as to constitute a means of connecting the cap and base of the lantern, substantially as described. p i

The above specification of my invention 'signed by me this '26th day of September,1866.

JOHN BELLERJEAN.

Witnesses:

JAcoB JOHNSON, WM. H. HILLEeAss. 

